No More Violence for Ethiopian WomenThe Bright Future program in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia helps low-income women and girls become assimilated into society by providing academic education, life skills, and reproductive education. Sign the petition to support the program and tell the UN that it's a monumental step in preventing violence against women.

Children Should Be Students, Not SoldiersChildren who are forced to fight in military operations lose the opportunity to have a childhood. When children lose the opportunity to grow, learn, and pursue their dreams, their entire nation suffers as a result. Show your support for the "Children, Not Soldiers" campaign, and help end the militarization of children by 2016.

Children Should Be Students, Not Soldiers

Show your support for Children, Not Soldiers campaign!

Goal:20,000•Progress:9,863

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The military use of children takes place all over the world. The 2014 annual report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict presents information about grave violations committed against children in 23 country situations.

For children forced to fight, their childhoods are stolen. They face severe challenges reintegrating into a peacetime society, need extensive psychological support, and have limited economic opportunity due to missed formal education.

Children are the key to any nation's stability and success. They should have the opportunity to grow and learn and pursue their dreams so they and their nation can prosper.

Sign the petition to show your support for the Children, Not Soldiers campaign led by Leila Zerrougui, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, and UNICEF, which seeks to galvanize support to end and prevent the recruitment and use of children by national security forces by 2016. Together, we can make our world a more peaceful and humane place!

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I am writing to show my support for your Children, Not Soldiers initiative. The use of children in war and the military robs the young people of their most formative years and leaves enduring physical, emotional, and psychological scars on the innocent.

Children are the key to any nation's stability and success. They should have the opportunity to grow and learn and pursue their dreams so they and their nation can prosper. By creating Children, Not Soldiers, you are helping the world to become better aware of the plight of child soldiers.

You are a voice for the voiceless and exploited. Your work is to be commended.

Thank you for dedicating your time, talent, and resources to this issue.

Sincerely,

Petition Signatures

May 23, 2018Aliyah Khan

May 20, 2018Richard Rheder

May 20, 2018Haley Svec

May 20, 2018Maureen Wheeler

May 15, 2018martha griffithI can't even express my horror at this happening. We shouldn't be signing petitions about this...it just shouldn't be happening.

May 14, 2018Susan Fisher

May 14, 2018David Pascoe

May 14, 2018Quentin Fischer

May 14, 2018Anne Havard

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May 8, 2018Richard Bosboom

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May 6, 2018Richard Han

May 5, 2018Julie du Bois

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May 4, 2018ANGELA WATSON

May 4, 2018Lynne Minore

May 3, 2018Dianne Brekhus

May 1, 2018Sheila Spencer-StoverThe on continually .There's an old saying, "As the Twig is Bent, so Grows tmadness overtaking our world/ children has to stop. Only by educating, treating our children with respect/ decency can we end the genocide/ murder going on daily. "As th